So Sean Penn is heading up the jury of the Cannes Film Festival, which kicked off this week, and he had some weird words for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
at the festival’s opening press conference, when asked about the American political landscape, and whether he would be offering any endorsements.

“I don’t have a candidate I’m supporting and I’m certainly interested and
excited by the hope that Barack Obama is inspiring,” Penn said, according to the United Kingdom’s Telegraph. But Penn then went on to
accuse the junior senator from Illinois of a “phenomenally inhuman and unconstitutional” voting record, and added,
“I hope that he will understand, if he is the nominee, the degree of
disillusionment that will happen if he doesn’t become a greater man than he
will ever be.” Errr… OK, so… he has to be a superhero? Penn also then complained that he had been
“discouraged from smoking,
before lighting up and chain-smoking his way through the press conference.” Total bad-ass. Nutty, but bad-ass…